Nelson Dantas
Also Known As: Нельсон Дантас
Biography: Nelson Hannequim Dantas Filho (Rio de Janeiro, November 17, 1927 — Rio de Janeiro, March 18, 2006) was a Brazilian actor and producer. In 1981, was the recipient of the Festival de Gramado award. Dantas died in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birthday: November 17, 1927
Deathday: March 18, 2006
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Four Days in September
Overview: Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. César, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
Genres: Thriller Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-10-01
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Overview: After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-11-22
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Almas Adversas
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1950-05-18
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Zuzu Angel
Overview: Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2006-08-04
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Traveller
Overview: Fortune takes four human beings to the last frontier of passion. There, where love becomes almost inhuman and divine. As if he was a comet, Rafael, the traveler, appears at the party for the cities patron saint, in a small town in the interior of Minas Gerais. He is the one who brings passion and crime, vanishing afterwards, leaving a poetic feeling in the air, which is always deadly to the ones who stay. Mrs. Ana de Lara, the proud rich widow, and Missy, still a child, whose beauty and innocence are like the Tiê-Sangue, a red bird, are the travelers victims. There is also Master Juca do Vale, a criminal, whose passion turns him incredibly human, in this story of love, death, forgiveness and resurrection.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-11-01
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Fulaninha
Overview: Movie director in his forties and in existential crisis falls in love with an unknown teen girl he sees walking down the streets, without knowing she's the daughter of the woman he's having a relationship with.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1986-02-05
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The Storytellers
Overview: A small poor community called Javé is under threat of being flooded by a new dam that is being built, and the only way to prevent this is to prove the town's historical value. As most of the inhabitants are illiterate, they have no choice but to ask for the help of Antônio Biá, a man who has been ostracized ever since it was discovered that he had sent out letters with lies about their reputations as a way to keep his job in Javé's seldom-used post office. He now has the task of documenting people's memories of how the city was founded, yet each inhabitant has his or her own version of what happened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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The Murdered House
Overview: Nina, a typical woman of the big city, marries a powerful farmer and goes to live in the countryside of Minas Gerais. There, however, she is faced with a decomposing, decadent family who seems to dislike her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-02-21
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Cabaret Mineiro
Overview: An adventurer travels by train through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, meeting old and new lovers and remembering love affairs of his youth.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-03-30
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Capitu
Overview: Adaptation of Machado de Assis’s classic novel “Dom Casmurro”. Bentinho and Capitu are friends since childhood and end up marrying. But Bentinho destroys his life when he starts suspecting Capitu has an affair with his best friend and that his son is not really his.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1968-11-22
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Minas Texas
Overview: In a country town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Januária is going to marry the shy and naive Amorim. But in her heart she wants to escape with her dream hero, the cowboy Roy Pereira, and start a new life in Texas.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1989-11-05
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The Wedding
Overview: On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the injustices, sexual perversions, adultery and crimes that are hidden under the happy bourgeoise facade.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Nutty Boy 2
Overview: In this new adventure, Maluquinho is spending the holidays at the home of his grandfather Tônico (Stênio Garcia), an inventor who lives in a small community in the interior of Minas Gerais. His friends Junim (Samuel Brandão), Lucio (Cauã Bernard Souza), Bocão (João Romeu Filho) and Nina (Fernanda Guimarães) are coming to the city to help Maluquinho organize the circus for the centenary of the city. On this trip, they meet Tatá-Mirim, a small flame that ends up making the city believe that they are being invaded by the Capeta. So they end up living many adventures.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
Overview: In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her out of prostitution by falling in love with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-11-29
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The Conspirators
Overview: The real story of the failed attempt of an independence coup by a group of intellectuals and rich men during Brazil's colonial days, from its beginning to the execution of Tiradentes.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1972-01-05
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Engraçadinha
Overview: After the funeral of her father Arnaldo, who committed suicide, Engraçadinha confesses to the priest the motives. On the engagement party of her cousin Sílvio with Letícia, Engraçadinha seduces him in the library, and later she ends her engagement with Zózimo and lies to Letícia, telling that she is pregnant. Letícia decides to tell Arnaldo what happened, and he says that the child can not be born. He exposes dirty secrets to Engraçadinha, and a tragedy is announced.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Patriot
Overview: Policarpo is a chauvinistic patriot, a major who tries to find solutions for Brazilian problems using only the resources of his own country. His visionary and idealistic temperament is behind his strange ideas about how to build a great nation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-04-29
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Aventuras d'um Detetive Português
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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O Doce Esporte do Sexo
Overview: Erotic comedy in five segments, starring the same actor, Chico Anysio: O Torneio (The Tournament), A Boca (The Mouth), O Filminho (The Short Film), A Suspeita (The Suspicion) and O Apartamento (The Apartment).
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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A$$untina of the Amerikas
Overview: A$$untina of the Amerikas is a musical comedy of a prostitute that, in 24 hours, wakes up, fights her mother, puts her son in anarchy, has a date with Santa Claus, a blue bear and two girlfriends. Then she finally meets her old millionaire lover. They spend their time to talk about everyday life and make love. Based on the novels of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Wilhelm Reich.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Saint and the Star
Overview: Successful businessman, Paulo Chupadinha send his wife to a convent every year to really enjoy Brazil’s carnival. He meets a cabaret woman that wants to make a show in his little nd peaceful village. For that, however, she will have to seduce every important man of the city: the police chief, the priest and the mayor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Bar Esperanza
Overview: A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-05-19
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A Noiva da Cidade
Overview: When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-05-26
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O Picapau Amarelo
Overview: The Viscount of Sabugosa is locked in the library writing an encyclopedia about the characters in children's fables. Dona Benta receives a letter from little Thumb, written on a rose petal, in which he, realizing that the inhabitants of the world of fables are forgotten in the books on the shelves, requests that everyone live in Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. Emília and the children love the idea, and Dona Benta says yes. They move
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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O Capeta Carybé
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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Memories of Prison
Overview: In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-06-18
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Pluft, o Fantasminha
Overview: It tells the story of a girl being abducted by the evil pirate with a wooden leg.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1962-08-20
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Urubus e Papagaios
Overview: High Court judge returns to the small town where he was born, bringing along his beautiful and young wife. The local men get aroused and start looking for young lovers at the local bordello. Their wives even make promises and novenas asking the disappearance of the new couple. One day, the judge dies, leaving his wife unsatisfied. The corpse, as if wanting revenge, keeps an erection on.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-05-14
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The Brazilwood Man
Overview: Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
Genres: Comedy History Fantasy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-02-22
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Insônia
Overview: A three-episode anthology film based on short stories by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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O Bom Burguês
Overview: True story of Brazilian bank clerk who supplied money for the guerrilla fighting against the military dictatorship of the 70s. When he changes his disguise, he gets involved with high society, and with industrialists who were financing repression to the groups he stood for.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1983-08-25
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Tiradentes
Overview: The story of one of the most important Brazilian heroes, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes. He was the leader of a group who tried to proclaim Brazil's Independence from Portugal in 1789. But he was betrayed by one of his comrades and hanged.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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The Alienist
Overview: Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-09-21
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The Blue Horse
Overview: Boy from a poor family loses his only asset: a colorless little horse that his imagination turns into a magical and colorful pretty stallion. To get his pet back, he leaves home and faces all dangers ahead with courage, getting involved in many adventures.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Go To Work You Bum!
Overview: Having come out recently from jail, a tramp, willing to make quick money, decides to organize a pool match between two famous retired players.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1973-01-09
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Lamarca
Overview: The real story of Carlos Lamarca, a captain who, during the military dictatorship in Brazil, deserted Brazilian Army and got involved in left-wing guerilla groups, becoming one of their most prominent leaders.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Love and Co.
Overview: Godofredo suffers a terrible blow when he comes back home earlier than usual and finds his wife in the arms of his partner. He sends his wife away to a coast town and dares his rival to a duel. But he begins to miss his wife and the company of his friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Carnival in Caxias
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1954-02-28
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Sonhos Tropicais
Overview: A Polish Jew becomes a prostitute after failing to get a marriage in Brazil. Meanwhile, the public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz ends up involved in the Vaccine Revolt.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2001-10-01
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A Maldição do Sanpaku
Overview: Gafanhoto is a smuggler who tries to take a hit by stealing a valuable stone. He awakens the fury of the old boss of the gang, and ends up involving in the plot a former colleague, Poeta and his girlfriend Cris, a beautiful woman who brings in the eyes the mark of the tragedy.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-05-21
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Noite
Overview: Somwhere in the city of Porto Alegre, a man who has lost his memory is questioned by a group of police officers about the barbaric murder of a socialite. Without recognizing himself in the documents he carries in his pocket, he wanders through the underworlds of the city in search of an answer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-07-19
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Midnight
Overview: On December 31st 1999, destiny brings a fugitive prisoner and a depressed middle class teacher together, as the new millennium approaches bringing hope to everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1998-08-12
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Retrato Pintado
Overview: The story of a portraitist of northeastern Brazil and how his art resists time.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2000-08-18
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O Natal da Grande Família
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1987-12-23
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A Viagem de Volta
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1990-07-18
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Chico Rei
Overview: Galanga, king of Congo brought to Brazil as a slave, finds gold in Vila Rica, in the State of Minas Gerais, and buys his enfranchisement, the properties of his former owner, and his companions' freedom, becoming Chico Rei, the first black man to own lands in Brazil.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1985-01-20
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Lúcio Cardoso
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
Overview: Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride and is brutally strangled in the middle of the act of love. To prove the authorship of the crimes is the great challenge of detective França.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2015-01-20
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